Decline of the invasive submersed macrophyte Myriophyllum spicatum (Haloragaceae) associated with herbivory by larvae of Acentria ephemerella (Lepidoptera)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-282

  Johnson, Robert L ^a   Gross, Elisabeth M ^a,b   Hairston Jr, Nelson G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrate herbivore; Biological control; Euhrychiopsis lecontei; Finger Lakes; Freshwater herbivory; Screening; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACENTRIA; ACENTRIA EPHEMERELLA; ACHILLEA; EUHRYCHIOPSIS LECONTEI; HALORAGACEAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM;

EID: 0001173826     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009960131857     Document Type: Article

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